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- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)
Leo Varadkar: ...order issued by the Commissioner for Data Protection before we can challenge any findings. No findings of legal standing have yet been made, but that may happen in the coming weeks. The public services card is a good thing. It is a success. The vast majority, more than 80%, of the people surveyed believe the public services card is a good thing. More than 3 million people have one...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure they did. The Taoiseach says the Department will publish the report of the Commissioner for Data Protection on the public services card. The commissioner has found that important aspects of the card are unlawful. I do not think many of us were very surprised by that. I refer to the unlawful retention of the personal data of millions of citizens as well as the Government's...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)
Micheál Martin: ...should respect that, even if the commission annoys the Executive from time to time in terms of its objectives and agenda. I always felt it was fundamentally wrong to say it was mandatory to use a public services card to avail of other services. Citizens are entitled to services by dint of a basic entitlement, not because they have a particular card. The Minister at the time said it was...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)
Leo Varadkar: ...error is supported by the Attorney General and outside legal counsel and the procedures allow for an appeal. An appeal is part of any democratic system of due process. Let us not forget what the public services card is all about; it is about making it easier for people to access public services. Instead of having to fill in forms, go to the chemist, have one's photograph taken twice,...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)
Leo Varadkar: .... The Attorney General has looked at this matter and we also had third-party counsel examine it. They are all of the view that the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 is robust and allows the public services card to be used as it was intended, namely, for public services and not just for services provided by one Department.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)
Willie O'Dea: ...for this and other parties for introducing legislation but that was precisely the legislation which the Data Protection Commissioner concluded does not allow the Government to act or misuse the public services card in the way it is attempting to do.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)
Leo Varadkar: ...matter. That would be for the Business Committee to decide. The Government absolutely respects the Commissioner for Data Protection but we do not agree with her findings on the legal basis for the public services card, which has been an extraordinary success. I will speak on that again some other time. It is important that due process and procedures are followed. The legislation...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)
John Brady: The Government's handling of the public services card issue and the report from the Data Protection Commissioner has been absolutely shambolic. The report came as no surprise to Members on this side of the House but the Government's response to it has been extraordinary. We have had so many different messages from the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection who went into...